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G. G. WATERHOUSE.

SHUTTER FASTENER.

No.340,262. I I PatentedApr.2-0,1886. WW w W n i 13 WWI?! 1 Mrs STATES ArnN' FFICE.

GEORGE O. \VATER-HOUSE, OF NElV ALBANY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR-TO JOHN S. FITE AND JOSIAH F. PER-BIN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SHUTTER-FASTENER.

Q-PIECIF'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,262, dated April 20, 1886,

Application filed JannarylB, 1886. Serial No. 188,010. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. \VATER- HoUsE, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Locking Devices for Shutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that classof locking devices used for holding window-shutters in their closed positions; and my invention consists of a lockinglever adapted to a staple in the shutter, and constructed and attached to the sill, and adapted to be locked in place by the sash, all as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse section of sufficient of a sill, shutter, and sash to illustrate the arrangement of my improved slnltter-fastener, shown in connection with the said parts; Fig. 2, the same, showing the parts in a different position; Fig. 3, a section on the line 1 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 4-, a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, except the sash; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the yoke-plate.

A represents the sill of the window, and B is one of the blinds, which is hinged, as usual, to the side of the frame, and O is the lower sash. To the sill is secured the blind-lock, which consists of a lever, H, having two arms, b d, extending from opposite sides of the cen tral portion where the trunnions a are arranged, the said arms being at an angle to each other, as shown, so that when one of the arms lies upon the face of the sill, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the other arm will occupy an inclined position. The trunnions a cross the lever Hat a point below the lower edge thereof, as shown best in Fig. 3, and may lie within a groove or recess, 00, in the face of the sill, and also extend into grooves y y in the under side of a yokeplate, D, which extends over the lever and over the trunnions, and is secured to the sill, thereby retaining the lever in its position and protecting it from injury by blows tending to displace it. In the construction shown the yoke-plate D is secured to the sill by screws e passing through openingsf of the yoke-plate.

To the inside of the shutter B is secured a metallic loop or staple, I, so arranged that when the lever H is tilted to the position shown in Fig. 2 a lug, 2', thereof will enter the said staple, and will thereby prevent the &

opening of the shutters, and inasmuch as the trunnions a take their bearings against the sides of the grooves m in the sill, the latter, instead of the yoke, serves to resist any strains resulting from the outward thrust of the shutter when the lever is in engagement with the staple I, so that the shutter does not depend upon the yoke-fastenings for securing it in position. ver II, owing to the superior weight of the arm I), will occupy the position shown in Fig. 1, the arm I) lying'upon the face of the sill and the lug i being out of engagement with the staple ,so that the shutter may be freely opened; but when the sash O is brought down to the position shown in Fig. 2, it will depress the arm d, elevate the arm I), and lock the lever to the staple, thereby preventing the shutter from being opened from the outside or from the inside, until the sash O is raised, while the act of lifting the sash will release the lever from its connection with the shutter.

In order to permit the sash O to be brought closely down against the sill, a recess, w, is formed in th elower edge of the sash to receive the end of the arm (Z.

It will be seen that by providing the lever H with trunnions arranged so as to occupy a position within the notch w, and by constructing the yoke with recesses "y to receive the trunnions, the yoke assists in maintaining the lever in its position at right angles to the shutter when closed, and also to hold the trunnions in their socket-bearing 00, the clamping of the" trunnions between the yoke and the sill securing a positive and firm bearing for the trunnions without the necessity of 1naking special fittings required when the trunnions are above the usual supportingplate.

XVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim IVhen the sash G is raised, the lel. The combination, with a window-sh utter IOO and having two arms, I) d, at an angle to each yoke plate having cars f, and recessed to re other extending from opposite sides of the ceive the trunnions,substantiallyasdescribed. trunnions, one of the arms having a log for In testimonywhereofI havesigned myname engaging with the staple, and the other exto this specification in the presence of two sub- 5 E emiing beneath the sash, substantially as set scribing witnesses.

ort r 2. The combination, in a shutter-lock, of a GEORGE VATERHOUSE' lever having two arms at an angle to each Vitnesses: other, trunnions extending across the lever CON TIGART, re and projecting below its lower edge, and a FRED. SAUER. 

